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Jerrod Sanders vs.
Felipe Arantes

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

1-2-0 (1 NC) Jerrod Sanders · UFC
5-6-1 Felipe Arantes · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

1-2-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
5-6-1
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
46
AgeΔ 8 yrs
38
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
121
Layoff (months)Δ 23.6 mo
97.4
LWNCL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Jerrod Sanders is a submission threat — 1.65 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Jerrod Sanders owns the mat — in control 47% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight norm.
Felipe Arantes is a submission threat — 0.73 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Jerrod Sanders

Full career not yet synced for Jerrod Sanders — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Felipe Arantes

Full career not yet synced for Felipe Arantes — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

240.88/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3422.37/min · norm 3.54
311.14/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
3842.66/min · norm 3.47
64.9%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
45.1%norm 45.0%
46.6%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
64.1%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.10/15 · norm 0.29

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Jerrod Sanders

Distance 40.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 13.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 45.9% (norm 6.5%)

Felipe Arantes

Distance 79.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 15.0% (norm 6.5%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Jerrod Sanders

Head 78.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 8.4%)

Felipe Arantes

Head 77.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.8% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Sanders L/AAccBantamweight med Arantes L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 7 / 15 too few to rate 39.0% 239 / 599 39.9% 40.9%
In the clinch 4 / 5 too few to rate 68.7% 24 / 45 53.3% 70.8%
On the ground 13 / 17 too few to rate 70.2% 79 / 114 69.3% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 17 / 29 58.6% 34.9% 219 / 587 37.3% 37.2%
To the body 6 / 6 too few to rate 66.8% 61 / 97 62.9% 68.2%
To the legs 1 / 2 too few to rate 79.4% 62 / 74 83.8% 80.7%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Featherweight: 126 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Sanders L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Arantes L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 9 / 24 too few to rate 39.3% 233 / 796 29.3% 39.2%
In the clinch 7 / 10 too few to rate 70.4% 42 / 71 59.2% 70.3%
On the ground 15 / 24 too few to rate 72.4% 109 / 202 54.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 19 / 43 44.2% 34.9% 224 / 834 26.9% 35.9%
To the body 7 / 10 too few to rate 66.0% 116 / 178 65.2% 67.9%
To the legs 5 / 5 too few to rate 79.1% 44 / 57 77.2% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

433.3% acc · 2.20/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
947.4% acc · 0.93/15 · norm 1.19
150.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1741.5% def · norm 61.5%
12:4646.8% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
25:2917.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
10:005:29 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
48:395:02 per 15 · norm 3:12
31.65/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
70.73/15 · norm 0.46

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Arantes has more cage time on record.

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